Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere

Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth

von Fabio Cavallini, Fulvio Crisciani

386 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Large-scale winds and currents tend to balance Coriolis and pressure gradient forces. The time evolution of these winds and currents is the subject of the quasi-geostrophic theory. Chapter 1 presents concepts and equations of classical inertial fluid mechanics. Chapter 2 deals with the equations of thermodynamics that close the governing equations of the fluids. Then, the motion is reformulated in a uniformly rotating reference frame. Chapter 3 deals with the shallow-water model and the homogeneous model of wind-driven circulation. The chapter also describes a classical application of the Ekman layer to the atmosphere. Chapter 4 considers the two-layer model, as an introduction to baroclinic flows, together with the concept of available potential energy. Chapter 5 takes into account continuously stratified flows in the ocean and in the atmosphere.

• Reihe: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Geowissenschaften Hydrologie und die Hydrosphäre Ozeanographie (Meereskunde), Meere und Ozeane
• ISBN: 9789400746909
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.08.2012
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Netherland